Tag Archives: Love in the Time of Starships

Love in the Time of Starships: The Apocalypse Will Not Be Televised (Joseph Bruchac, Olivia A. Cole)

Posted on February 3, 2015 by epbeaumont

Joseph Bruchac. Killer of Enemies Olivia A. Cole. Panther in the Hive How I discovered these books Bruchac’s book showed up in the Amazon suggestions and caught my eye with its painterly cover, which does everything right in terms of … Continue reading →

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Love in the Time of Starships: The Grunts in the Engine Room (Menial: Skilled Labor in SF)

Posted on January 27, 2015 by epbeaumont

Kelly Jennings & Shay Darrach, eds. Menial: Skilled Labor in Science Fiction The premise sold the book to me: the grunts in the engine room (and elsewhere) are seriously neglected in traditional SF. Also, I love anthologies the same way … Continue reading →

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Love in the Time of Starships: Postcolonial Fluff and MORE Queer Steampunk! (Zen Cho, E. E. Ottoman)

Posted on January 20, 2015 by epbeaumont

E. E. Ottoman. A Matter of Disagreement Zen Cho. The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo How I met these authors I don’t remember by what chain of linky-linky I found Zen Cho’s work, but I’ve been reading her stories since … Continue reading →

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Love in the Time of Starships: Foxhole Romance, Raygun Shenanigans, and the N-Ring Circus (Veronica Scott, Kris Rusch, Lois McMaster Bujold)

Posted on January 12, 2015 by epbeaumont

Veronica Scott. Wreck of the Nebula Dream Kris Rusch (writing as Kris DeLake). Assassins in Love Lois McMaster Bujold. A Civil Campaign For better for worse, or: nothing is more romantic than a shipwreck A long time ago in a … Continue reading →

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Love in the Time of Starships: Reading as Writer & Fan (Ann Leckie, Imperial Radch series)

Posted on January 6, 2015 by epbeaumont

Ann Leckie. Ancillary Justice and Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch) Other works mentioned: Laila Lalami. The Moor’s Account Salman Rushdie. The Enchantress of Florence Reading as a writer, I: the totally original idea (not) I definitely came to the Imperial Radch … Continue reading →

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Love in the Time of Starships: Kinship, Families of Affinity, and Grand Passions

Posted on December 29, 2014 by epbeaumont

Aliette de Bodard. On a Red Station, Drifting Alexis Hall. There Will Be Phlogiston Julio Alexi Genao. When You Were Pixels How I met these authors and their work Aliette de Bodard’s work was listed on the RequiresHate blog in … Continue reading →

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Love in the Time of Starships: part zero, the manifesto

Posted on December 22, 2014 by epbeaumont

Over the last few years, there have been doctrinal ructions over “purity of genre” in the SF/F world, with definite gendered and racialized intent, not coincidentally as those other than white males have become both visible and visibly successful in … Continue reading →

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